Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His last thoughts were that he would make amends for this day ; he could baptise the maiden , they could be saved together , they could marry , he would love her , his heathen maiden , no , his heathen hoyden , he liked the rhyming of that , heathen hoyden , he would cherish her beneath the fruit-laden tree .
2 Hopefully they would feel compassion for this victim of sexual abuse .
3 But this approach seems unnecessarily rigid in cases where the matters which would give grounds for judicial review could also be resolved by the alternative process .
4 To give enterprises a chance to adjust and to avoid a crunch that would undermine support for further reform , governments might need to start with high tariffs , promising to eliminate them over , say , five years .
5 You would n't pay the whole of it taxable if it was you know you would claim expenses for one thing and another .
6 ( a ) a general introduction to the topic or concept that the teaching unit is concerned with and a brief description of its potential ( b ) very clear instructions on how to drive the program , usually including a key-by-key sequence to introduce the user to it and a clear description of the full range of possibilities that it offers ( c ) a description of some of the ways teachers have used the unit ( d ) discussion of its educational objectives and suggestions for further use ( e ) references to educational material that would provide support for this topic or concept ( f ) a full annotated program listing with specifications of the different computer systems that would support the software .
7 With one exception , no new categories of institution were to be created : the Regional Colleges of Education would provide opportunities for higher education and provide ‘ the seedbed for some further growth of institutions to university status ’ .
8 ‘ D' you know because so many people switch off their TVs by remote control instead of pulling out the plug , they go on using electricity , the same in one night that would power Leicester for one day .
9 But Tompkins said : ‘ It depends on the ground though at the moment I would favour Newbury for Staunch Friend and Newcastle for Halkopous . ’
10 Draining the wetlands — carried out mainly as a response to agricultural pressures — would create deathtraps for marine life and , ironically , also destroy the productivity of the soil .
11 The section headed WINDOW WASHING would contain cards for each room in the house .
12 The costs of the two plans are very different : Reddy calculates Karnataka would gain $3000 for each tonne of carbon it does not generate , that it would have under the LRPPP .
13 In late November a stay of execution seemed possible when some rodeo interests in North Queensland successfully lobbied the Labor caucus , arguing that the ban would mean destitution for this icon of Australian bush spirit , traditionally sponsored by tobacco .
14 Critics of the charter had reportedly expressed fears that the opposition 's allegiance to the monarchy would reduce pressure for further democratization .
15 As several million years are required for the transfer of a significant amount of heat to the surface of continental lithosphere , it has been suggested that hot spots are most likely to develop where the lithosphere is more or less stationary with respect to sub-lithospheric thermal anomalies as this would allow time for sustained heating to occur .
16 The right hon. Gentleman 's plans would spell disaster for this economy , disaster for companies and permanent unemployment for millions of people .
17 He reckons some of the maths questions would cause problems for second year pupils at secondary level , that the paper calls for a high reading standard and that some of the questions could be ambiguous .
18 Bush 's scheme would brighten prospects for nuclear power by granting companies a single licence to build and operate nuclear plants .
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